Used to be a SOLID station, but now it's shit. I challenge any board member to watch it for an entire day.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas

I still remember when there was a countdown to change from Channel 60 to Channel 50.

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Old.

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And seemingly played music videos all the time.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Speaking of music videos on the local UHF band, does anyone remember that "JukeBox TV" gimmick that was on something like channel 23 back in the late 80s / early 90s? I remember catching some videos on it before walking to school as a kid, but it's hard to find info on it nowadays (read: it'd prolly take 2-3 Google searches before I discover anything)

Edit = I'm pretty sure it was this syndicated/ish network here

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Every time I turned it on there was a static filled and heavily censored 2Live Crew video on.

It saddens me that SHARK hasn't returned for this thread.

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I remember the format switch between 66 and 26, but WPWR 60 is before my time.


I remember channel 23 as the brokered ethnic channel that would have shows like Lithuanian Issues in Review and Assyrian Insight. I could pick it up over the air on my bedroom TV, but it wasn't on our cable system, so I felt like I was receiving secret transmissions.

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Channel 50 or 60 had Spectreman

You guys remember jukebox video tv?

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

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I kinda do.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

44 in my day

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

Raise your hand if you watched Nite Owl on WFLD.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

<raises hand> LOVED it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhzMXXrkQ9M

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Tecumseh time when you have to ignore the crazies.

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--W. T. Sherman

The Box ??

Before that it was on Channel 44.

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I remember that. Its was my go to spot for the scores of NBA games back in the day. Shit you went back on that one.

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Yep. Same here.

Home of the White Sox.

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

Yep til Reinsdorf and Einhorn screwed up and placed them on Sportsvision. I think that might be the single biggest reason as to why the Cubs became much more popular in the city.

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We moved away in 1979. So, I missed all the channel jockeying after 44. In the Illinois Valley, I would venture to guess that there are just as many Cardinal fans as White Sox fans. That was one of the first of many things I found odd moving away from the city... why are there so many Cardinal fans? I do believe that the Cubs have the majority of fans down here. Always have - large part due to your point, ltg - WGN.

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

Yeah, out here I’d say more cardinals than White Sox but it’s pretty solid Cubs for most part with a few random teams tossed in.

The superstation was also why there are so many nationwide Cub fans. More exposure equals more fans. Who’d a thunk it. One kid in the neighborhood had Sportsvision. If you wanted to see Sock games, you had to go to his house.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

I couldn't begin to explain that to my sons.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Try "What if you made Google News in Mario Paint?"

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Man that shit was crazy. Nothing like waking up in the middle of the night to find out that the Lakers just dragged the Washington Bullets.



My go to guy on a Late Saturday night was Svengoolie

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i remember all of this.

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@audioidkid

One of my family members had that entire series on DVD. Sadly I couldn’t make it through one episode. It was that bad. But as a kid, I loved that show.

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